ubuntu/gnome/firefox? problem

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 11:21 -0800, KE7FEG wrote:
> First off, this is the wife's mess, er, computer.
> 
> The window is messed up. No desktop choice thingy,
> firefox window when opened then minimized disappears
> and cannot be found. In other words the bottom taskbar
> is blank even when something is opened on the desktop.
> You cannot return to the 'other' browser window nor
> say an app that you opened if you open another
> app/browser/whatever!
> 
> What happened is somehow, some site suddenly gave a
> 'whole bunch' of popups, and when she closed the last
> one, this is the result.
> 
> Not even sure where stuff is myself. Not sure the
> burner will burn her 'important' files.
> 
> Any suggestions?
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save any necessary documents and log out (if possible) and log back in.

If log out is not possible <Control><Alt><Shift><Backspace>

kills XWindows

log back in

If after login, problem remains...log out

Get root shell

cd /users_home_directory_with_problem

mv .gnome .gnome-bak
mv .gnome2 .gnome2-bak

then log in.

If you need application data/settings, you will have to copy them back
later from the 'bak' files that you just created.

Craig